Not that we're tech experts or anything, but if someone wants to set up an encrypted chat that probably means they don't want anyone else to see it.
Just sayin'.
This thread about Reid Hoffman the the 13 claims he's made about his dealings with Epstein is something else:
Reid Hoffman set up an encrypted signal chat with Jeffrey Epstein and discussed some sort of $40 million financial arrangement https://t.co/eTbPLNuzuq
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) February 17, 2026
What could he have been up to? Enquiring minds want to know.
THE REID HOFFMAN FILES
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) February 17, 2026
I OCR'd all 1.4 million documents from the DOJ's Epstein FOIA release.
Then I tested every public claim Reid Hoffman ever made about Jeffrey Epstein.
13 claims. 0 true.
This is the very first email. August 2013.
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Link:… pic.twitter.com/fJjkWnOLKC
Here we go:
Since 2019, Reid Hoffman has made 13 testable public claims about Jeffrey Epstein:
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) February 17, 2026
1. He only had "few interactions" with Epstein
2. Those interactions were all "at the request of Joi Ito," then-director of the MIT Media Lab
3. They were all "for the purposes of fundraising for…
Post continues:
... fundraising for MIT". Nothing personal
4. His "last interaction with Epstein was in 2015"
5. He was "never a client" of Epstein's financial advisory services
6. He had "no engagement with him other than fundraising"
7. He didn't know who Epstein was before visiting his island.
8. He spent only "one night" on Epstein's private island
9. It was Joi Ito who "asked if Epstein could attend" the 2015 Palo Alto dinner, not Hoffman who invited him
10. When Epstein emailed him after 2015, his replies were "code for never"
11. "I did not go to the ranch". (Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico)12.
All post-2015 meetings were "coordinated by Joi Ito"
All are complete lies.What is Reid Hoffman hiding?
Hrm, we have some ideas.
This thread is a compendium of various messages that Hoffman and Epstein exchanged. Consider it a trailer of what's next.
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) February 17, 2026
But wait, there's more!
There's always more.
HOFFMAN SAID JOI ITO INVITED EPSTEIN TO THE DINNER. EPSTEIN SAYS HOFFMAN DID.
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) February 17, 2026
Epstein: "reid just invited me to join at your dinner, I accepted."
Ito: "Perfect."
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Link: https://t.co/xK3j12cpVn pic.twitter.com/cIVTvPALww
That seems an odd one to lie about.
Keep going.
June 13, 2016. The day the LinkedIn-Microsoft acquisition was announced. $26.2 billion.
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) February 17, 2026
Hoffman: "been busy"
Epstein, within hours: "now its time to minimize personal .tax, and think about how to deal with cash ::))"
Hoffman: "yup. can add to our Skype next weekend"
Same day.… pic.twitter.com/U7umv3sgNI
Whoa.
HOFFMAN SAID "ONE NIGHT" ON EPSTEIN'S ISLAND. THE DOCUMENTS SHOW TWO SEPARATE VISITS.
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) February 17, 2026
This is from the second trip, November 2014. Karyna Shuliak to Epstein's pilot: "There are Joi, Reid Hoffmann, Jeffrey, and me currently on LSJ."
LSJ = Little St. James — Epstein's private… pic.twitter.com/T69ur1PMKN
And two is more than one.
HOFFMAN'S PASSPORT PAGE, SENT TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S PILOT.
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) February 17, 2026
"Could you please pass along Reid's passport details... Our pilot will need this information to fly him."
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Link: https://t.co/nSYzkOElAB pic.twitter.com/Ln4IlcEduB
Ruh-roh.
HOFFMAN SAID "FEW INTERACTIONS." HERE IS THE GUEST LIST FOR A PRIVATE BREAKFAST AT EPSTEIN'S MANSION.
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) February 17, 2026
"This is a VERY important Breakfast for Jeffrey! Jeffrey, Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman, Josh Harris, Ron Baron."
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Link: https://t.co/DPfeNPFq8H pic.twitter.com/7OvV0rp35q
The worst of the worst.
HOFFMAN SAID HE WAS "NEVER A CLIENT." PETER THIEL SAYS OTHERWISE.
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) February 17, 2026
Thiel to Epstein: "I understand Reid Hoffman also would like the same arrangement and you agreed to provide it to him."
The arrangement: a $40 million financial advisory fee, 50% of savings.
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Hrm again.
HOFFMAN SET UP ENCRYPTED MESSAGING WITH A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER.
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) February 17, 2026
Hoffman to Epstein: "have you re-installed signal? i'm getting a safety number there... anything more emergency till then?"
Epstein: "yes signal"
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Link: https://t.co/65Efh1yOzb pic.twitter.com/0ZycohUxS9
Signal keeps popping up.
HOFFMAN REPORTED TO EPSTEIN ON HIS MEETINGS WITH BILL GATES.
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) February 17, 2026
Epstein: "how did it go with bill?"
Hoffman: "the goal was Bill getting to know Greylock... it was more two of my partners than me."
Then: "You @ the island now?"
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Link: https://t.co/1dtRF4SQoM pic.twitter.com/rGb5Io1IEr
The same Bill Gates who was looking for antibiotics to sneak into his wife's food in case she caught an STD from him after he had sex with Russian hookers? Asking for a friend.
HOFFMAN SAID "I DID NOT GO TO THE RANCH." EPSTEIN'S SCHEDULE SAYS OTHERWISE.
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) February 17, 2026
Epstein's own typing: "ji and reid to come for weekend. woody to come. 22-27"
His assistant's translation: "Jeffrey will have Joi Ito and Reid Hoffman will go to the ranch for the weekend. March 22-27… pic.twitter.com/qrAp5ue8at
Those darn receipts.
SIX DAYS BEFORE THE FBI ARRESTED EPSTEIN, HOFFMAN WAS STILL ON HIS LIST.
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) February 17, 2026
Epstein's "list for bannon steve": "gates, thiel. hoffman... prince andrews... clinton... dersh."
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Link: https://t.co/PbMPB5ZxB6 pic.twitter.com/eCGFsfR1V9
Shocker.
HOFFMAN SHARED CONFIDENTIAL INVESTMENT DATA WITH A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER.
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) February 17, 2026
Epstein: "any idea about coinbase. current valuation?"
Hoffman: "We invested at $49.52 per share, which equates to $1.6b market cap at time. Useful?"
Epstein: "There's a secondary market I'm told. Thx."… pic.twitter.com/GeXSPiNRwE
adsf
HOFFMAN HAS NEVER EXPLAINED THIS EMAIL.
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) February 17, 2026
Christmas Eve 2014. Hoffman to Epstein:
"Sent you two gifts to NYC addie. 1- ice cream. if you have any interest, you should try -- else for the girls. 2- something that may strike your funny bone for the island."
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Link:… pic.twitter.com/ex8NcBIvjI
What gifts?
Tomorrow: Part 1.
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) February 17, 2026
Hoffman said he had "few interactions" with Epstein. The documents say 2,558.
They were extremely close friends.
The full investigation drops as a 10-part series. One thread per day. Claim by claim, document by document.
1.4 million documents.
Hooboy.
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